Re: [News] Silicon Graphics Drops Proprietary Platforms, Concentrates on Itanium+Linux

[Philip <no_one@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

yttrx wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > (Gross translation)
> >
> > SGI adjusts MIPS Irix computers
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | The separation from MIPS introduced silicone Graphics after its decision
> > | for the Itanium. This processor forms the basis of the also further offered
> > | SGI systems of the old ix-line, operating system in a multi-core variant
> > | is Linux.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/77763 (in German)
> > http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=mozclient&num=50&u=http%3A//www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/77763
>
>
> Great...so now, the thing that sets SGI aside from the rest...is pretty much
> nothing.
>
> They may as well just shut down.
>
> Then again, they may as well have just shut down ten years ago.

The same could have been said for Apple giving up and shutting down a 
fair ways back when Wintel was waxing their butts.

You never know.